Grennan Mill 2016

An exhibition of small works, mostly on cotton rag paper, in Grennan Mill for their annual Arts Festival exhibition.

“These artworks are part of a continuation of my explorations of composition and linearabstractions of landscape. I am interested in taking elements of landscape studies and reducingdown to simple shapes, whilst keeping a level of atmosphere and mood of the original study.I work in animation and am always struggling with keeping traditional media approaches to anultimately digital end-product. This ties in perfectly with my painting which is predominantlyas organic as possible – probably as a reaction against the constraints of animation. Inspired bythe Grennan Mill craft school I have included some elements of stitching and stamp printing insome artworks and used handmade fibre papers for texture and the random chaotic nature ofit’s interaction with paint and thinners. The creative process involved was spontaneous andvery intuitive – In my work I tend to let the environment set the mood of my painting. I react tothe place, the atmosphere, the mood and create from that.”